{"id":2906,"date":"2011-04-28T00:23:23","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T06:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=2906"},"modified":"2011-03-30T15:29:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T21:29:47","slug":"lay-up-treasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=2906","title":{"rendered":"Lay Up Treasures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cBut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure, there will your heart be also\u201d (Matthew 6:20-21).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>&#8220;As we patiently await our Savior\u2019s return,&#8221; our study writer states, \u201cwe should invest in the eternally important.\u00a0 Our <em>stuff<\/em> is not going to matter in Heaven.&#8221;\u00a0 We\u2019ve all probably heard the saying, \u201cYou can\u2019t take it with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A beautiful poem written by\u00a0 missionary, C. T. Studd, contains these words,\u00a0 \u201cOnly one life, \u2018twill soon be past, only what\u2019s done for Christ will last.\u201d\u00a0 Does your present life reflect where your heart is?\u00a0 Do you live as if He could come back today?\u00a0 Think about your priorities and relationships.\u00a0 Do they reflect that Jesus is the light of your life?\u00a0 My mind drifts to the words of an old hymn, \u201cThis world is not my home, I\u2019m just a passing through. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. The angels beckon me from Heaven\u2019s open door, and I can\u2019t feel at home in this world anymore.\u201d For now we live in this present world, but, as a child of God, our citizenship is in Heaven. We have a desire to be with Jesus, but, our mission on earth is not finished.<\/p>\n<p>Another song asks the question, \u201cWill There Be Any Stars in My Crown?\u201d We have a message of hope to share with a sin-darkened world.\u00a0 Can others count on you to leave your light on until Christ\u2019s return?\u00a0 If they can, you will be laying up treasures in heaven.\u00a0 Everything you will ever do for the cause of Christ will count for eternity.<\/p>\n<p>Sue Winchester<br \/>\nMissouri<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRAY TOGETHER:<\/strong> &#8220;My life, my love, my all I give to Christ who died for me.&#8221; Is this your prayer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure, there will your heart be also\u201d (Matthew 6:20-21). &#8220;As we patiently await &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=2906\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-devotional"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2907,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2906\/revisions\/2907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}